Etiang, Patrick
Musoba, Abubakar
Nalumenya, David
Ndekezi, Christian
Bbira, Johnson
Ochwo, Sylvester
Tweyongyere, Robert
Muhanguzi, Dennis
Funding for this research was provided by:
DAAD In-Country/In-Region Scholarship Programme 2018 (57429579)
Carnegie Corporation of New York (MAK/DVCAA/124/2020)
Article History
Received: 9 April 2023
Accepted: 1 November 2023
First Online: 7 February 2024
Declarations
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: Written Informed consent was obtained from the cattle owners. All methods used in the study during cattle restraint, tick collection, preservation, morphological and molecular analyses were carried out in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations as approved by the Makerere University School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources Institutional Animal care and Use committee (SVAR-IACUC) (Reference number: <b>SVARREC/32/2019</b>) and the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (Reference number: <b>A 616</b>).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: <sup>1</sup>College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity (COVAB), Makerere University, P.O. Box 7062, Kampala, Uganda. <sup>2</sup>Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute & London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRC/UVRI & LSHTM), Research Unit, P.O. Box 49 Entebbe, Uganda. ‡ Current address: Center for Animal Health and Food Safety, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108 USA,